My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! (Light Novel) - Reviews

This review was written after reading volume 13

This series is part of the Fujitaka-verse, so get ready for a protagonist so overpowered it borders on the nonsensical. The basic idea, as acknowledged by the author, is that it’s boring to read pages and pages of fighting when you know all too well the Good Guys™ are gonna win, so let’s cut the chase and go straight to the victory.

I’m not too fond of overpowered heroes, so I didn’t really know what to expect… and it was an absolute blast, I just can’t get enough of it. This series is absolutely hilarious. Each chapter’s title is something one of the characters says at some point, so here are a few examples so you get a taste of just what level of absurd humor the books have in store for you.

• I Have a Bit of Experience with Torture
• It’s Easy Enough in Games, but Identifying Plants Is Actually Pretty Hard
• Okay, We Understand Your Situation. You Can Keep Fighting Now If You Want
• It All Feels as If We Are Being Looked Down Upon Just for Being Monsters

The plot’s outline is that Yogiri Takatou, capable of killing everything and anything just by wishing it, gets isekaied with his whole class. He and his classmate Tomochika Dannoura are deemed unfit to be hero candidates and abandoned by the others, so they go on a trip to find a way back to their original world, all the while rampaging everything that gets in their way.

Because, yeah, instant death power seems too hard to believe, so a ton of characters need heavy convincing to understand they should just leave the two alone. Yogiri is not actually human, and has no innate moral compass: he was taught not to kill needlessly, but what does needlessly even mean? Also he’s very protective of Tomochika. Why? According to him, because he likes her boobs.

Both characters have really good chemistry, Tomochika being there to be the voice of common sense, and to manage problems who don’t need somebody ending dead. She’s the sister of Chiharu Dannoura from Neechan wa Chuunibyou, so she’s got some mad martial arts skill, in the very distinctive Dannoura style, which consists of being sneaky and unpredictable to vanquish your enemy through surprise attacks.

Finally, don’t get fooled by the cover of the first volume, the illustrations are actually pretty good.